A phenomenographic study of English faculty's conceptions of information literacy

The purpose of this research is to identify UK English academics' conceptions of information literacy and compare those conceptions with current information literacy standards and frameworks

An introduction to phenomenographic research

This article descibes the structure of the workshop on phenomenography which was presented at the EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC workshop in Edinburgh, in June 2015. Phenomenography is a qualitative research approach, used to discover variation in peoples conceptions of a phenomenon. After introducing this research approach, there was a discussion of a phenomenographic study and the workshop finished with participants coding an example transcript as practice for data analysis

Running a journal club

This article outlines elements in a workshop on running a journal club. The session took place during the EAHIL+ICAHIS+ICLC workshop in Edinburgh, in June 2015. The article includes a summary of advice and issues raised by workshop participants, and a bibliography of articles about journal clubs in the library and the healthcare sectors

The Age-Friendly Media and Information Literate (#AFMIL) City:

This paper proposes a model for developing an Age-Friendly Media and Information Literate (#AFMIL) city. It starts by addressing general issues concerning ageing and ageism. Key features of UNESCO’s framework for a media and information literate city are described. The authors proceed to identify relevant international handbooks, guidelines and initiatives concerning age-friendly environments, cities for human rights, smart cities, creative cities and informational cities. Drawing on these documents, the authors outline a model for developing an #AFMIL city, centred on older people enacting three roles: their role as consumers of media and information; older people as represented in the media; and older people in their role as creators, critics and innovators. They highlight the role of librarians in this development

Everyday mathematics of university students

In this poster abstract we highlight the preliminary results of an exploratory study investigating the ways in which university students use mathematics in their everyday lives. The study is part of wider research investigating the impact of mathematics computer games on mathematics anxiety in university students. A survey was distributed to 125 students across the University of Sheffield asking participants about the most common activities they take part in that involves mathematics, as well as any mathematics concepts involved. Responses predominantly came from undergraduates (49.6%). The most common activities included counting, measuring, and predicting. Future work would require the inclusion of students across different universities to increase the generalisability of the result

La culture informationnelle : un domaine d’étude international

La culture informationnelle est déjà un concept international. J’aborderai donc le terme d’information literacy pour ensuite le considérer en tant que domaine d’étude et je présenterai des développements dans quelques secteurs clés. Je terminerai sur quelques questionnements actuels et pour l’avenir. TERMINOLOGIE : L’EXPRESSION INFORMATION LITERACY Il existe encore une certaine résistance à utiliser l’expression information literacy dans les pays anglophones. Le fait que l’on puisse considére..

Comparaison des conceptions pédagogiques de la maîtrise de l\u27information chez des universitaires britanniques de différentes disciplines

Intervention aux 5èmes Rencontres FORMIST (Lyon, 9 juin 2005). Cette communication décrit et compare les résultats d\u27une enquête sur les conceptions que des universitaires britanniques de deux disciplines (le marketing et l\u27anglais) ont de la pédagogie de la maîtrise de l\u27information

Embodying HIV and AIDS Information: Experiences of Serodiscordant Couples

This paper aims to illuminate how serodiscordant couples were informed by their own and other's bodies in their experience of HIV/AIDS information. The lived body is the contact we have with the world. Our knowledge about others is through their bodies. In addition, illness is experienced first through the lived body. Therefore, when doctors want to learn about the illness, they extract information from the lived body. In this study, we investigated how serodiscordant couples experience HIV and AIDS information in Malawi. In-depth interviews were conducted in the homes of twenty-one serodiscordant couples and three individuals who had separated from their partners. Participants for the study were selected purposively. Data analysis was carried out using Max van Manen's phenomenological approach to generate descriptions and interpretations of the couples' experiences of HIV and AIDS information. The study found that the life-world is the overarching context of experiencing HIV and AIDS information and identified five structures of the life-world of serodiscordant couples: lived body, lived space, lived others, lived time, and spirituality. HIV and AIDS are first experienced through the lived body, and bodies were informational within the lived spaces. Thus, this research contributes to the study of HIV and AIDS information by revealing the lived body as an important source. It also identifies that the body can be an ambiguous source, since HIV and AIDS information available from the lived body may be ignored or misinterpreted by the serodiscordant couples and by those they interact with

Morton Electronics: The Collapse Of High-Performance, Self-Managed Work Teams

It was clear that top management was seriously pondering the long-term viability of Robert Mitchell’s manufacturing group…at least as it was currently structured.  Robert sat at his desk wondering what he could do to keep his job as manager and maintain control of the group. He concluded that he needed to do more than develop some kind of cost savings plan.  He needed to think outside the box and come up with something more spectacular to impress top management.  He would take the lemons and make lemonade